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| Signatures of the Commissioners.1 |
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between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Confederate States of America,” which provided that, until the union of Virginia with the league should be perfected, “the whole military force and military operations, offensive and defensive, of said Commonwealth, in the impending conflict with the United States,” should be under the chief control and direction of Jefferson Davis.
So eager were the Virginia conspirators to “perfect the Union,” that on the following day,
the Convention, appealing to the Searcher of all hearts for the rectitude of their conduct, passed an ordinance ratifying the treaty, and adopting and ratifying the
Provisional Constitution of the Montgomery League.2 They proceeded to appoint delegates to the Confederate Congress that was to assemble on the 29th;
authorized the banks of the State to suspend specie payments; made provision for the establishment of a navy for Virginia, and for enlistments for the State army, and adopted other measures preparatory for war. They also invited Jefferson Davis and his confederates to make Richmond their Headquarters.
The so-called annexation of the Commonwealth to the “Confederacy” was officially proclaimed
1 these were copied from the original parchment upon which the convention or treaty was engrossed and signed.
2 John Tyler, who was a chief manager among the conspirators of the Virginia Convention, telegraphed as follows to Governor Pickens, at three o'clock that afternoon:--“We are fellow-citizens once more. By an ordinance passed this day, Virginia has adopted the Provisional Government of the Confederate States.”
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